What is the most famous tree in the UK?

The sycamore tree, located in the Northumberland National Park in northern England, has been standing for around 300 years and is the UK's most photographed tree. The beloved landmark was made famous after it featured in the 1991 Kevin Costner film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.



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The Sycamore Gap Tree or Robin Hood Tree was a sycamore tree standing next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England. It was located in a dramatic dip in the landscape and was a popular photographic subject, described as one of the most photographed trees in the country.

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Britain's most beautiful trees — introduced by King Charles III
  • Queen Elizabeth I Oak, Cowdray Estate, West Sussex. ...
  • Newton's Apple Tree, Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire. ...
  • Camusnagaul Pollarded Oak, Lochaber, Highland. ...
  • Hainault Forest, Redbridge, northeast London. ...
  • The Defynnog Yew, St Cynog's Churchyard, Defynnog, Powys.


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U.K.'s Sycamore Gap tree, featured in Robin Hood movie, chopped down in deliberate act of vandalism London — Britain's iconic Sycamore Gap tree, set in a dip in the ancient Hadrian's Wall in an otherwise treeless landscape, was chopped down Thursday in what police have called a deliberate act of vandalism.

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Surrey is Britain's leafiest county according to the first ever complete tree count in England and Wales.

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